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Rheal Cormier PPhillies

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Career Summary
Years IP W L SV SO ERA WARP
16 1221.7 71 64 2 760 4.03 10.1
Birth Date4-23-1967
Height5' 10"
Weight195 lbs
BatsL
ThrowsL

Standard

YEAR TEAM AGE G GS IP IP-SP IP-RP W L SV BS QS BQS PA H R ER HR TB BB UBB HBP SO ERA FIP FRA VORP WARP
1991 SLN 24 11 10 67.7 66.7 1.0 4 5 0 0 5 2 281 74 35 31 5 107 8 7 2 38 4.12 3.07 3.86 7.9 0.8
1992 SLN 25 31 30 186.0 185.0 1.0 10 10 0 0 17 3 772 194 83 76 15 279 33 31 5 117 3.68 3.18 4.38 4.4 0.7
1993 SLN 26 38 21 145.3 121.7 23.7 7 6 0 0 11 0 619 163 80 70 18 262 27 24 4 75 4.33 4.19 4.86 11.4 1.3
1994 SLN 27 7 7 39.7 39.7 0.0 3 2 0 0 2 0 169 40 24 24 6 72 7 7 3 26 5.45 4.48 5.66 1.5 0.1
1995 BOS 28 48 12 115.0 63.0 52.0 7 5 0 3 4 0 488 131 60 52 12 194 31 29 3 69 4.07 4.18 5.42 10.0 1.0
1996 MON 29 33 27 159.7 154.0 5.7 7 10 0 0 12 1 674 165 80 74 16 248 41 38 9 100 4.17 4.08 4.67 23.9 2.4
1997 MON 30 1 1 1.3 1.3 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 4 5 5 1 7 1 1 0 0 33.75 15.07 15.27 -1.3 -0.1
1999 BOS 32 60 0 63.3 0.0 63.3 2 0 0 5 0 0 275 61 34 26 4 88 18 16 5 39 3.69 3.88 4.67 7.8 0.7
2000 BOS 33 64 0 68.3 0.0 68.3 3 3 0 4 0 0 293 74 40 35 7 110 17 15 0 43 4.61 4.04 4.21 10.9 1.0
2001 PHI 34 60 0 51.3 0.0 51.3 5 6 1 7 0 0 222 49 26 24 5 79 17 13 4 37 4.21 4.06 4.43 2.5 0.3
2002 PHI 35 54 0 60.0 0.0 60.0 5 6 0 4 0 0 268 61 38 35 6 96 32 26 4 49 5.25 4.34 5.58 -2.2 -0.1
2003 PHI 36 65 0 84.7 0.0 84.7 8 0 1 4 0 0 327 54 18 16 4 80 25 23 1 67 1.70 2.93 3.61 13.7 1.8
2004 PHI 37 84 0 81.0 0.0 81.0 4 5 0 9 0 0 330 70 32 32 7 112 26 20 5 46 3.56 4.09 5.28 3.9 0.4
2005 PHI 38 57 0 47.3 0.0 47.3 4 2 0 3 0 0 211 56 33 31 9 99 16 15 2 34 5.89 5.17 5.77 -0.8 0.0
2006 CIN 39 21 0 14.0 0.0 14.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 66 21 7 7 3 37 4 4 0 6 4.50 5.90 6.43 -0.8 -0.1
2006 PHI 39 43 0 34.0 0.0 34.0 2 2 0 4 0 0 139 27 6 6 2 39 13 10 3 13 1.59 4.52 5.83 -0.0 -0.0
2007 CIN 40 6 0 3.0 0.0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 4 3 3 1 8 1 1 1 1 9.00 8.84 13.61 -2.1 -0.2
Career6831081221.7631.3590.37164244516515712486045471211917317280517604.033.944.8190.610.1

Advanced

'opp' stats - quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
YEAR Team Lg G GS IP FRA FRA+ TAv oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG oppTAv BABIP PPF PVORP PWARP VORP WARP
1989 STP A+ 26 26 169.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1990 ARK AA 22 21 121.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1990 LOU AAA 4 4 24.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1991 SLN MLB 11 10 67.7 3.86 102 .263 .258 .323 .399 .268 .303 96 6.6 0.7 7.9 0.8
1991 LOU AAA 21 21 127.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1992 SLN MLB 31 30 186.0 4.38 84 .252 .266 .330 .396 .270 .297 98 4.8 0.5 4.4 0.7
1992 LOU AAA 1 1 4.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1993 SLN MLB 38 21 145.3 4.86 90 .272 .277 .342 .427 .272 .293 98 7.7 0.8 11.4 1.3
1994 SLN MLB 7 7 39.7 5.66 79 .258 .287 .352 .457 .277 .268 100 0.1 0.0 1.5 0.1
1994 ARK AA 2 2 9.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1994 LOU AAA 3 3 22.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1995 BOS MLB 48 12 115.0 5.42 97 .261 .277 .351 .444 .274 .319 103 10.0 1.0 10.0 1.0
1996 MON MLB 33 27 159.7 4.67 101 .247 .278 .345 .442 .267 .293 100 19.8 1.9 23.9 2.4
1997 MON MLB 1 1 1.3 15.27 -133 .455 .304 .373 .533 .281 .429 99 -1.3 -0.1 -1.3 -0.1
1998 AKR AA 3 3 9.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.091 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 BOS MLB 60 0 63.3 4.67 109 .240 .283 .363 .465 .278 .273 97 7.8 0.7 7.8 0.7
2000 BOS MLB 64 0 68.3 4.21 114 .246 .282 .357 .470 .275 .296 91 10.9 1.0 10.9 1.0
2001 PHI MLB 60 0 51.3 4.43 100 .252 .274 .348 .451 .274 .277 94 2.5 0.2 2.5 0.3
2001 REA AA 1 1 2.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 PHI MLB 54 0 60.0 5.58 68 .279 .274 .350 .432 .275 .312 94 -4.4 -0.4 -2.2 -0.1
2003 PHI MLB 65 0 84.7 3.61 119 .181 .274 .342 .433 .269 .217 96 13.2 1.3 13.7 1.8
2004 PHI MLB 84 0 81.0 5.28 91 .228 .276 .349 .448 .272 .256 103 3.5 0.3 3.9 0.4
2005 PHI MLB 57 0 47.3 5.77 78 .294 .274 .350 .447 .278 .313 103 -0.6 -0.1 -0.8 0.0
2006 CIN MLB 21 0 14.0 6.43 72 .320 .280 .350 .453 .272 .340 103 -0.8 -0.1 -0.8 -0.1
2006 PHI MLB 43 0 34.0 5.83 85 .222 .280 .352 .459 .273 .231 104 -0.0 -0.0 -0.0 -0.0
2006 CDA wor 2 0 1.1 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 CIN MLB 6 0 3.0 13.61 -72 .336 .268 .328 .395 .249 .300 104 -2.1 -0.2 -2.1 -0.2
2007 GWN AAA 5 0 7.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .200 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
CareerMLB1081221.74.8193.252.275.345.435.272.2889877.87.690.610.1

Statistics For All Levels

Year Team Lg W L SV G GS IP H BB SO HR GB% BABIP H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 WHIP ERA VORP WARP
1989 STP A+ 12 7 0 26 26 169.7 141 33 122 9 0% .000 7.5 1.8 0.5 6.5 1.03 2.23 0.0 0.0
1990 LOU AAA 1 1 0 4 4 24.0 18 3 9 1 0% .000 6.8 1.1 0.4 3.4 0.88 2.25 0.0 0.0
1990 ARK AA 5 12 0 22 21 121.3 133 30 102 9 0% .000 9.9 2.2 0.7 7.6 1.34 5.05 0.0 0.0
1991 LOU AAA 7 9 0 21 21 127.7 140 31 74 5 0% .000 9.9 2.2 0.4 5.2 1.34 4.23 0.0 0.0
1991 SLN MLB 4 5 0 11 10 67.7 74 8 38 5 43% .303 9.8 1.1 0.7 5.1 1.21 4.12 7.9 0.8
1992 LOU AAA 0 1 0 1 1 4.0 8 0 1 0 0% .000 18.0 0.0 0.0 2.2 2.00 6.75 0.0 0.0
1992 SLN MLB 10 10 0 31 30 186.0 194 33 117 15 52% .297 9.4 1.6 0.7 5.7 1.22 3.68 4.4 0.7
1993 SLN MLB 7 6 0 38 21 145.3 163 27 75 18 51% .293 10.1 1.7 1.1 4.6 1.31 4.33 11.4 1.3
1994 LOU AAA 1 2 0 3 3 22.0 21 8 13 3 0% .000 8.6 3.3 1.2 5.3 1.32 4.50 0.0 0.0
1994 ARK AA 1 0 0 2 2 9.3 9 0 11 0 0% .000 8.7 0.0 0.0 10.6 0.97 1.94 0.0 0.0
1994 SLN MLB 3 2 0 7 7 39.7 40 7 26 6 58% .268 9.1 1.6 1.4 5.9 1.18 5.45 1.5 0.1
1995 BOS MLB 7 5 0 48 12 115.0 131 31 69 12 53% .319 10.3 2.4 0.9 5.4 1.41 4.07 10.0 1.0
1996 MON MLB 7 10 0 33 27 159.7 165 41 100 16 51% .293 9.3 2.3 0.9 5.6 1.29 4.17 23.9 2.4
1997 MON MLB 0 1 0 1 1 1.3 4 1 0 1 50% .429 27.0 6.8 6.8 0.0 3.75 33.75 -1.3 -0.1
1998 AKR AA 0 0 0 3 3 9.7 15 2 6 3 0% -1.091 13.9 1.9 2.8 5.6 1.75 6.49 0.0 0.0
1999 BOS MLB 2 0 0 60 0 63.3 61 18 39 4 49% .273 8.7 2.6 0.6 5.5 1.25 3.69 7.8 0.7
2000 BOS MLB 3 3 0 64 0 68.3 74 17 43 7 54% .296 9.7 2.2 0.9 5.7 1.33 4.61 10.9 1.0
2001 REA AA 0 0 0 1 1 2.0 0 1 2 0 0% .000 0.0 4.5 0.0 9.0 0.50 0.00 0.0 0.0
2001 PHI MLB 5 6 1 60 0 51.3 49 17 37 5 64% .277 8.6 3.0 0.9 6.5 1.29 4.21 2.5 0.3
2002 PHI MLB 5 6 0 54 0 60.0 61 32 49 6 66% .312 9.2 4.8 0.9 7.3 1.55 5.25 -2.2 -0.1
2003 PHI MLB 8 0 1 65 0 84.7 54 25 67 4 57% .217 5.7 2.7 0.4 7.1 0.93 1.70 13.7 1.8
2004 PHI MLB 4 5 0 84 0 81.0 70 26 46 7 56% .256 7.8 2.9 0.8 5.1 1.19 3.56 3.9 0.4
2005 PHI MLB 4 2 0 57 0 47.3 56 16 34 9 52% .313 10.6 3.0 1.7 6.5 1.52 5.89 -0.8 0.0
2006 CDA wor 0 0 0 2 0 1.1 1 2 2 0 0% .333 8.2 16.4 0.0 16.4 2.73 0.00 0.0 0.0
2006 PHI MLB 2 2 0 43 0 34.0 27 13 13 2 48% .231 7.1 3.4 0.5 3.4 1.18 1.59 -0.0 -0.0
2006 CIN MLB 0 1 0 21 0 14.0 21 4 6 3 46% .340 13.5 2.6 1.9 3.9 1.79 4.50 -0.8 -0.1
2007 GWN AAA 1 0 0 5 0 7.7 4 3 7 0 0% .200 4.7 3.5 0.0 8.2 0.91 1.17 0.0 0.0
2007 CIN MLB 0 0 0 6 0 3.0 4 1 1 1 55% .300 12.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 1.67 9.00 -2.1 -0.2

Injury History beta

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2001-08-10 2001-08-28 15-DL 18 16 Left Elbow Inflammation - -
1998-07-05 1998-09-05 Minors 62 0 Left Shoulder Soreness Date Is Approximate - -
1998-04-05 1998-06-02 Minors 58 0 Left Elbow Recovery From Surgery Possible Tommy John Surgery Varient 1997-05-21 -
1997-04-06 1997-09-29 60-DL 176 157 Left Elbow Surgery Possible Tommy John Surgery Varient 1997-05-21 -
1996-08-26 1996-09-10 15-DL 15 14 Left Elbow Sprain UCL Ligament - -
1994-05-21 1994-08-02 60-DL 73 65 - Back Strain - -
1994-04-23 1994-05-14 15-DL 21 18 Left Ankle Contusion - -
1993-08-12 1993-09-06 15-DL 25 22 Left Shoulder Soreness - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2006 PHI $2,500,000
2005 PHI $2,250,000
2004 PHI $3,000,000
2003 PHI $2,900,000
2002 PHI $2,883,333
2001 PHI $2,583,333
2000 BOS $2,000,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
7 yrPrevious$18,116,666
7 yrTotal$18,116,666

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
14 y 152 d

Details
  • signed as a free agent from CIN 5/12/07 (minor-league contract)
  • designated for assignment 4/07, released 5/9/07 acquired in trade from PHI 7/06, signed extension 7/06 as cond`n of trade, 1 year/$2.25M (07)+08 club option
  • re-signed as a free agent 12/04, 2 year/$5.25M (05-06)+$3M 07 club option
  • 05:$2.25M, 06:$2.5M, 07:$3M club option $0.5M buyout
  • club exercised 04 option 10/03
  • 3 year/$8.75M (01-03)+$3M 04 club option
  • $0.25M signing bonus, 01:$2.5M, 02:$2.8M, 03:$2.9M , 04:$3M option ($0.3M buyout)

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